10-23-2003, 07:45 PM
Bismillah
as salam alaikum
Muslimah, this hadith with Jabriel was also related to me by those trying to validate prayer delaying. I also know of a hadith that when prayer comes in we are receiving Allah's Blessing and at the end of the prayer time we are recieving His Mercy. Why not strive for blessings?
This hadith about Jabriel is to show the Mercy of Allah, not to say it is fine to purposefully delay prayer. Allah Knows Best. We have to ask ourselves what the sunnah of the Prophet was. He prayed on time at the earliest times unless some mitigating circumstance kept him from it. No circumstances are involved here other than the desires of others. Why are the rules of Islam different for America than else where? This is not from the sunnah either. Muhammad did not have companions go to Yemen and tell them only the things about Islam that were easy on them. These are the rules period. America is not exempt. If we find it so hard to live here then we need to move to where we will not feel so burdened. It may be hard but the rewards are greater than we can imagine. Just because America says it is special does not make it so.
My sister I greatly appreciate your pursuit of this matter for me. May Allah reward all of those who strive in His beautiful cause. Yet due to the prophecies of Muhammad, I am very wary of knowledgable people nowadays. Why are fatwas given like the breathing of air? I know brothers who give their opinion on religious matters with barely a reflective thought. If the fatwa is incorrect then they are ACCOUNTALBE to Allah Most High. I never want to be in a position where I have that respocibility. Could some one find an example from the times before knowledge was lost that would support the delaying of prayer times?
Sister, I also relate to the eagerness of praying on time. I feel totally uneasy when I know it is time to pray yet I am being held from it.
Jazaki Allah
As salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu